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Our Mission & Vision
- To worship the Lord with heart, soul, mind and strength
- To engage our neighbors in central Montgomery County
- To equip each generation for Christian discipleship.
Service Times

Sunday Morning
8:45 AM: First Worship Service
History 
In 1962, the Potomac Presbytery selected the community of Gaithersburg as the location for a new church. The first service was held on November 25 with 25 parishioners in attendance. On May 17, 1964, the Gaithersburg Presbyterian Church was formally organized with 82 charter members. Services were originally held at the Gaithersburg Junior High and High Schools until the first building was constructed in 1966 at our current location. The first service in the new building was held on July 24, 1966.
Full-time Staff 

The Rev. Mary Austin
Rev. Mary Austin comes to GPC from Westminster Church of Detroit, where she served as the head of staff. She is excited about working with the dedicated members and talented staff of GPC as we listen together for where God is leading GPC. She has also served as an associate pastor and as a hospice chaplain. She is the author of Meeting God at the Mall, and blogs from time to time at Stained Glass in the City. She and her husband, Carl Smith, have a daughter in college.
The Rev. Mary Beth Lawrence
Carolyn Hayes
Carolyn and her husband, Stuart, have been active members of GPC since 1998. Since then, she has served in many capacities—Sunday School teacher, VBS teacher and director, Bridges to Worship leader, church elder, lay leader, and coordinator for FourthNight children’s activities. Carolyn has a degree in Modern Society and Social Thought from the University of California at Santa Cruz and worked in retail for 14 years. She found her calling teaching preschool – first at Gaithersburg First Baptist Church for 2½ years and then at Gaithersburg Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten for the next 16 years. In 2017, she heeded God’s call to move to her current position. Carolyn and Stuart are the parents of an adult daughter.
Carrie Larsen
Carrie is a passionate youth pastor and Christ follower who hails from Southern California but moved to the east coast several years ago. She has been serving in youth ministry for over 20 years in many different settings at various levels of leadership and loves youth of all races, nationalities, and backgrounds. Carrie has been described as creative, kind, a team player, compassionate, funny, outgoing, a leader, talkative, honest, and a Child of God. She enjoys traveling and seeing the world.